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White House Valentine's Day Post Playing Off 'Roses Are Red' Poem Sparks Controversy
A Valentine’s Day post from the White House social media accounts sparked controversy after featuring a rhyme about illegal immigration, drawing sharp reactions from both supporters and critics. The post, shared across X, Instagram, and Facebook, reimagined the classic "roses are red, violets are blue" poem with a political twist: "Roses are red, violets are blue, come here illegally, and we’ll deport you." Set against a pink backdrop, the poem was accompanied by images of President Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan, with the caption “Happy Valentine’s Day” followed by a red heart emo…
Politics
Another American Hostage To Be Freed Following Teacher's Return From Russia, US Envoy Says
One day after Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel returned home from Russian imprisonment, another American hostage is expected to be freed, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler, told Fox News. The unnamed hostage is expected to be released on Wednesday, Feb. 12, Boehler, an Albany native and UPenn graduate, said during an interview with Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11. “It’s another in a stream of hostages. It’ll be unilateral as well. And I can’t release [the person’s name] until the person’s released, obviously it could endanger the hostage release and that I c…
Politics
American Teacher Marc Fogel Freed From Russia In Prisoner Exchange
A Pennsylvania teacher is finally free after years in a Russian prison, following a high-stakes diplomatic deal brokered at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Marc Fogel, who had been detained in Russia since 2021, is back on American soil after President Donald J. Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff orchestrated a negotiated exchange. Fogel, a former teacher at the Anglo-American School in Moscow, was serving a 14-year sentence for possessing medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain. Witkoff left Russian airspace with Fogel earlier on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, as part of…
Business
Trump Vows To Hit Canada, Mexico, China With Tariffs: Here's When, How Much
Donald Trump's months-long threats of implementing tariffs on other countries are apparently hours away from becoming a reality. Click here for a new, updated story - Trump Tariffs Take Effect: Expect To Pay More For These Items, Experts Say White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced at a news conference Friday afternoon, Jan. 31 that both of America's neighbors, Canada and Mexico, will be slapped with 25 percent tariffs on goods. A third nation, China, America's main economic rival, will be hit with 10 percent tariffs. They take effect on Saturday, Feb. 1, and are "for …
News
Fed Pauses Interest Rate Cuts Despite Trump's Push For Immediate Reduction
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate in place, pausing further cuts and ignoring a demand by President Donald Trump to immediately drop rates. After three months of reductions, the Fed decided to keep the key interest rate target at 4.25 to 4.5 percent. The Fed announced the decision on Wednesday, Jan. 29, after its first meeting since President Trump returned to the White House. Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed is monitoring inflation and economic stability under the Trump administration. "We remain committed to supporting maximum employment, bringing inflation sustain…
News
Israel, Hamas Agree To Ceasefire, Hostage Deal
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage-release deal after 15 months of war, according to multiple reports, citing senior sources in the White House. Around 30 hostages are expected to be released in the initial phase of the agreement, according to CNN. There are seven Americans being held, two of whom are expected to be free in the first phase, according to Axios. Hundreds of incarcerated Palestinians being held by Israel are expected to be released in the initial phase, CNN reports. It's unclear when the ceasefire will start. The agreement, reached on Wednes…
News
Drones In The Sky: NY, NJ Senators Demand Answers From FBI, DHS, FAA
The senators representing New York and New Jersey are demanding answers about the drones that have been spotted flying in the skies of New York and New Jersey this past month. New York Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and New Jersey Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, all Democrats, wrote a letter on Thursday, Dec. 12 to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FAA Director Michael Whitaker demanding an immediate briefing on what they are doing to address the issue. "We are...especially concerned about how these drones may …
News
Hunterdon County Commish: We Need Drone No Fly Zone As FBI Reports 3,000 Sightings
Hunterdon County Commissioner Director Jeff Kuhl wants Gov. Phil Murphy to do more about the numerous drones that have been spotted flying overhead at night. In a letter to the governor sent on Wednesday, Dec. 11, Kuhl said he wants Murphy to work with President Joe Biden to impose a ‘Drone No Fly Zone’ for civilian and commercial drone operations over New Jersey. "The continued uncertainty regarding the origins of the mysterious drones appearing across New Jersey including where they take off and land is of great concern," Kuhl said. "As you noted, these drones 'are very sophisticate…
Politics
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency
President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill his cabinet with loyalists and his biggest supporters following his sweeping victory in last week's election. He announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, that two billionaire former rivals turned allies, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, would head up his new Department of Government Efficiency. Related: Trump Nominates NY Rep. Elise Stefanik As UN Ambassador The tech entrepreneur, age 53, and the 39-year-old Harvard and Yale Law grad will be tasked with major cuts in government spending. Trump called it "The Manhattan Project" for a new…
Politics
Former Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate Lee Zeldin Named To Trump's Cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump has selected former New York congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a statement on Monday, Nov. 11, Trump said Zeldin "will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses," adding that Zeldin will still maintain "the highest environmental standards." In a post on social media, Zeldin said, "It is an honor to join President Trump’s Cabinet as EPA Administrator. "We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto indu…
News
Oscar Winning Director's Netflix Movie Casting Young Basketball Players For NJ Shoot
Kathryn Bigelow, the director behind movies like "The Hurt Locker," "Point Break" and "Zero Dark Thirty" is filming a new movie in Newark and your children can be a part of it. The untitled Netflix project is looking for girls ages 12 to 16 to play basketball players in a scene that shoots in Newark from Wednesday, Oct. 23 to Thursday, Oct. 24, according to a casting notice. According to Deadline, the movie will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds. The movie stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, accord…
Politics
Fully Vaxxed, Boosted President Biden Gets
Covid-
19 Again
Despite being fully vaccinated and boosted, President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 — again, White House officials announced on Wednesday, July 17. The 81-year-old Biden has tested positive for COVID while in Las Vegas, Nevada ahead of the DNC, officials with the White House explained. His symptoms are mild. His doctor noted that he presented with upper respiratory symptoms, such as a runny nose, a non-productive cough, and "general malaise," as stated in the release. Since his condition did not improve throughout the day, a COVID test was conducted on Wednesda…
Schools
Newark Boys Chorus School Announces Closure
It's curtains up for the Newark Boys Chorus School. In a letter sent to donors and supporters on Tuesday, Nov. 7, the school announced it is temporarily ceasing operations due to lack of funds. The tuition free school was founded in 1969 and educates boys in grades 3 to 8. The chorus has performed on six continents and at venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the White House. A GoFundMe fundraiser was launched over the summer and raised at least $21,000, with the Horizon Foundation promising to match donations. The school had set a …
News
Survivor Of Hamas Attack In Israel Recounts Nightmare At Washington DC Synagogue (
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Noa Ben Artzi, a 25-year-old industrial engineering student who survived the Hamas attack on Saturday, Oct. 7 at a music and nature festival in Israel, shared her story this week in Washington D.C. Government officials were among the audience members at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, where Ben Artzi spoke on Tuesday, Oct. 17, of the horrors that she saw. In a video posted by AIPAC, Ben Artzi said she heard what people thought were fireworks but later learned with missiles flying over Re'im. She first tried escaping in a car but ended up taking shelter in small cement enclos…
Lifestyle
'Are Republicans Not Intelligent, Jimmy?': NJ 'Trump White House Survivor' On Kimmel
"How did you get caught up in this mess? You seem like an intelligent person." That's the question Jimmy Kimmel had for New Jersey's Cassidy Hutchinson, the Pennington native and former White House aide in the Trump administration, who was a star witness in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot hearing, by testifying that Trump physically attacked a Secret Service driver in an attempt to join the crowd at the capitol. Hutchinson, 27, dished it right back to the late-night host. "Are Republicans not intelligent, Jimmy?" Hutchinson said with a smirk. Hutchinson — a "proud, former New Jersey residen…
Schools
Community Rallies To Save Newark Boys Chorus School
For more than 50 years, the Newark Boys Chorus School has been an institution in the city. Now the community is trying to ensure it stays that way. A fundraiser has been launched to help save the Newark Boys Chorus School, which is facing financial difficulties. As of Friday, June 30, more than $21,000 has been raised. The campaign, which began last month, is close to hitting its goal, the school said. The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey said they are matching donations made during June. The tuition free school was founded in 1969 and educates boys in grades 3 to 8. The chorus has perform…
Politics
Christie Running For President
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is set to make it official: he's running for president again. According to Axios, Christie, who was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston, plans to announce his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday, June 6 in New Hampshire. The 60-year-old, who served two terms leading the Garden State from 2010 to 2018, previously ran for president in 2016, but dropped out after a disappointing finish in New Hampshire and later endorsed Donald Trump. Christie has since become a critic of Trump, the current frontrunner for the Republican…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison
UPDATE: A convicted New Jersey “sleeper agent” for Hezbollah who scoped out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Alexei Saab, a 45-year-old software developer who lived in Morristown, must serve just about all of the sentence delivered in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 23, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saab kept up appearances as an ordinary American citizen while working for Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) from 2000 to 2005, federal prosecutors said. Dur…
Politics
North Jersey Pols Demand Apology From White House After NJ Mayor Turned Away During Ramadan
A consortium of mayors throughout North Jersey are demanding an apology from the White House to Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah after he was denied entry for a celebration marking the end of Ramadan. Khairullah, who was recently sworn in for his fifth term as mayor, was told by Secret Service Monday, May 1 that he had not been cleared for entry. Khairullah received the news just hours before he was set to arrive. Khairullah was also recently interrogated for three hours at John F. Kennedy International Airport. "As mayors who value transparency and the U.S. legal sys…
News
'Islamophobia': NJ Muslim Mayor Barred From White House
Outrage spread through New Jersey's Muslim communities after one town's Muslim mayor was banned from attending an Eid-al-Fitr ceremony this week at the White House. Mohahmed Khairullah, who was recently sworn in for his fifth term as Prospect Park's mayor was told by Secret Service Monday, May 1 that he had not been cleared for entry. Khairullah received the news just hours before he was set to arrive. He said the move "reeks of Islamophobia." The Council on American-Islamic Relations New Jersey's chapter called it "unacceptable and insulting," and demanded an apology from the White H…
News
Here's Summary Of Kamala Harris' Speech At NJ Event
United State Vice President Kamala Harris visited New Jersey on Wednesday, March 15 as part of a fundraising event organized by the Democratic National Committee. The event was held at a private home on Howland Avenue in Paramus, where the VP touched on the country's mental health crisis, cleaning up lead pollution, and technology. A copy of her speech was published by the White House. Harris began by thanking those in attendance, mostly doctors and healthcare providers, for their role in bettering the condition of human life. Noting external factors that have taken a toll on the coll…
Events
Music Where Your Heart Lives: The Mighty Keb' Mo' Headed Toward BergenPAC
Keb' Mo' is peaking once more. Playing with a stellar backing trio -- a nimble-fingered keyboardist and a rhythm section tighter than a clam -- he's shredding again, picking deftly again, melding sexy blues, bounce, swing and just-plain-funky licks with that sweet-sweet roots music that hits that warm spot where your heart lives. And he's bringing it all back to BergenPAC in Englewood on June 16. It's always a party with Kevin Roosevelt Moore, but his latest tour is much more. The setlist sequencing is superb (even when he goes rogue) and his soulful combo is equally effective in adding a…
Police & Fire
Third Victim Killed In White House Lightning Strike Was LA Bank Employee, 29, On Business Trip
A 29-year-old Los Angeles bank employee in Washington DC for business has been identified as the third person to die after being struck by lightning this week near the White House, his employer announced. Brooks A. Lambertson, along with James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Janesville, Wisconsin, also died after the three were struck Thursday, Aug. 4 directly outside of the White House complex, DC police said Friday. The fourth victim, an unidentified woman, remained critical. US Park Police and Secret Service agents rushed over to render aid after witnessing the 7 p.…
News
President Biden Tests Positive For
Covid-
19
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting Massachusetts, the White House announced on Thursday, July 21. The president, who is vaccinated and boosted, will start taking Paxlovid and isolate while he battles the virus, the White House said. He had been scheduled to visit Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Thursday. #Breaking- President Biden has been diagnosed with Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/5CZtw5L2nq — WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) July 21, 2022 This comes after President Biden visited Massachusetts to discuss new ways to combat climate change and push for clean ene…
News
Star Witness Cassidy Hutchinson In Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Hearing Has NJ Roots
A former White House aide considered a key witness in the events leading up to the Jab. 6 Capitol Riot hails from New Jersey. Cassidy Hutchinson — an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and first live witness in the West Wing on Jan. 6, 2021 — testified that former President Trump was thrown into a violent fit of rage when lead Secret Service agent tried to stop him from joining the riot himself. The Pennington native and Hopewell Valley Central High School graduate described an incident inside of the Secret Service limo known as "The Beast," with lead agent Bo…
News
Armed Man Threatened To Kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh Near His Maryland Home: What We Know
An armed California man who threatened to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh near his Maryland home was in custody Wednesday, June 8, officials said. The man was reportedly upset over the leaked draft opinion that the high court was set to overturn Roe v. Wade. He was armed with multiple weapons in Montgomery County when he was apprehended near the justice’s home in Chevy Chase, According to officials, the suspect - whose ID has not been released by police - never made it to Kavanaugh's property, but was apprehended on a nearby street. “As the President has consistently made…
News
Pilot Violating Air Space Around President Biden Forced To Land In NJ
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were temporarily evacuated from their vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware after a small private plane flew into restricted airspace, a White House official said. "Precautionary measures were taken. There was no threat to the President or his family," the official told the traveling press corps. The pilot mistakenly entered the area at about 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5 after he failed to download updated flight restrictions, said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the US Secret Service. A fighter jet then made visual contact with the plane and…
News
ABC's Jonathan Karl Tests COVID Positive After Sitting Next To Kim Kardashian In DC: Report
ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl tested positive for COVID-19 days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Politico reports. Karl also spoke into the microphone and shook hands with several people, including President Joe Biden, after receiving an award for “Excellence in Presidential Coverage Under Deadline Pressure," the outlet reports. “He tested positive for COVID Monday night, but tested negative on Saturday afternoon before the White House Correspondents Dinner by medically-supervised staff,” a person familiar wi…
News
House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet
It was only 16 months ago that the U.S. House of Representatives approved the nation’s first attempted repeal of federal marijuana laws. Then nothing happened. Over in the Senate, then-Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a similar bill that metaphorically died on the vine. The House on April Fools' Day again agreed to legalize weed, taking the nation back to lawmakers' December 2020 attempt to toss the federal pot ban. Let's be blunt: The result will most likely be the same. Only a few Republicans joined the House majority in Friday’s 220-204 House vote to remove reefer from the 1970 Controlled…
News
Son Of Notorious Player In Giuliani, Trump Scandal Is Leading Pro-Ukraine Influencer On TikTok
Let's get one thing straight: Aaron Parnas is not his dad. The 22-year-old, who completed law school at George Washington University, has become a top news source on the Russian-Ukrainian war. He posts his content to TikTok, and was among a handful of influencers invited to a White House press briefing on the Russian invasion — specifically for TikTokers — to help combat misinformation about the war. Meanwhile, his dad, Lev Parnas, played a key role in former President Trump's campaign in pressuring Ukraine into finding damaging information on then-rival and former Vice President Joe Biden…
Schools
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Evacuated From Event At High School Due To Bomb Threat
The Second Gentleman of the United States, Doug Emhoff, was whisked out of an event at a high school due to a bomb threat, according to the White House press briefing and multiple media outlets. Emhoff was at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. for a Black history program in partnership with the National Park Service when he was removed from the room by a Secret Service agent on Tuesday at 2:18 p.m., Fox News writes citing a pool report. A bomb threat was placed, CNN reports citing a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department. No additional information was available as of th…
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